| 词汇 | iowa |
| 词源 | Iowa. Nicknamed the Hawkeye State (after a resident sharp- eyed Indian chief ), our 29th state, which entered the Union in 1846, is so called from the name of the Sioux Ioways or Aiouez, meaning “sleepy ones.” The tribe, however, didn’t consider themselves lazy, calling themselves the Pahoja, “gray snow.” A rival tribe had named them “the sleepy ones.” |
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